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(Nb Model.) I v J. W. PASGHALL. MUSIC LEAPTURNER.

No. 495,599; Patented Apr. 18, 1893.

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JOHN WV. PASCHALL, OF GALVESTON, INDIANA.

MUSIC-LEAF TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,599, dated April18, 1893. Application filed September 28, 1892. Serial No. 447,116. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. PASOHALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Galveston, in the county of Cass and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Music- Leaf Turner, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in music leaf turners.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive music leaf turner adapted to be readily applied to a piano,organ or the like, and capable of tu rning the leaves of a piece ofmusic in either direction both successively and collectively as desiredfor continuous playing, for repeating a piece and for repeating anyportion thereof.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is an elevation of a music leaf turnerconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view of the outer end of one of the leaf turning armsshowing the leaf clamp.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw- 1ngs.

l designates a music rack of any desired configuration consisting of aback 2, and a shelf 3, through which passes a spindle 4; and arranged onthe latter below the foot or shelf 3 is a number of nested sleeves 5 ofdifferent diameters telescoped or fitted within one another, and eachprovided at its upper end with a leaf turning arm 6, and at its lowerend with an angle handle 7. The leaf turning arms 6 are arranged indifferent planes, the sleeves 5 being of different lengths, to permiteach leaf turning arm to have a free horizontal swing to turn theleaves. The angle handle 7 consists in a horizontal arm 8 and adepending outer portion, and the arms 8 of the handles graduallyincrease in length to nest the handles and to enable them to swingwithout having their depending portions coming in contact with oneanother. The spindle which is designed to be raised vertically orapproximately so has its lower end threaded and engaging a threadedopening of the bracket plate 9, and the upper portion of the spindlepasses through the foot 3 and projects above the same, and is designedto fit in the vertical central binding crease of a music book or pieceof music which is thereby held at its center on the rack; and pivotedbuttons or clips 10 are arranged to secure a music book or piece ofmusic at the outer ends of the first and last leaves or the back as thecase may be. Each leaf turning arm is provided at its outer end with aleaf clamp 11 consisting of parallel resilient fingers 12 havingdivergent outer ends 13 and a shank 14 to which are secured the inner orlower ends of the fingers 12, and which are pivoted between cars 15 of aclip 16. The divergent upper or outer ends of the fingers enable a leafto be readily inserted between them, and the leaf clamp 11 is adapted tobe turned down horizontally, longitudinally of the leaf turning arm topermit the leaves of a piece of music or a book to be freely turned byhand to the desired piece; and the clamp is adapted to be turned upperpendicular to the leaf turning arm for the purpose of connecting aleaf of music to the arm 6. The shank'lt 0f the leaf clamp 11 has itsheel or inner end engaged by a spring 17 which is secured to the leafturning arms by means of the clip 16, and which holds the leaf clampeither longitudinally of or perpendicular to the leaf turning arm.

In the accompanying drawings four leaf turning arms are shown, twoleaves being turned and one being partially turned. The leaves may beturned successively forward by means of the handles as will readily beunderstood, and after all of the leaves have been turned to the left,they may all be returned to their former position by swinging the handlefirst turned to the right; but, instead of moving them collectively tothe right they may be moved successively by first turning the handlelast moved to the right and so on, or any number of the leaves may beturned to the right for a repetition of a strain by turning anintermediate handle such as the second or third to the right. The leafturning arms are held against accidental movement at one side or theother by means of lugs 18 arranged at the tops of the sleeves at pointsdiametrically opposite the leaf turning arms; and these lugs are engagedby a spring 19 secured to the back of the rack and located below thefoot thereof. After a leaf turning arm has been swung past the center,and is approaching either side the spring pressing against the lug 18will cause the leaf turning arm to complete its swing withoutnecessitating the operator turning the leaf completely over.

It will be seen that the leaf turner is simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, that the leaves of a piece of music by itare under full control of an operator, and that the turning of theleaves is rapid and requires but little of the time of the operator. r,

The spring 19 is provided with a series of fingers 20 formed by cuttingthe metal of the spring horizontally, and each of said fingers isadapted to engage one of the lugs of the sleeves.

What I claim is- 1. In a music leaf turner, the combination of aspindle, a series of nested sleeves arranged on the spindle, leafturning arms secured to the upper ends of the sleeves and carried bythem, anda series of handles secured to the lower ends of the sleeves,and consisting of depending portions and horizontal portions arranged indifferent planes and being of different lengths to cause the dependingportions to swing clear of one another, substantially as described.

2. In a music leaf turner, the combination of aspindle, aseries ofnested sleeves mounted on the spindle and provided at their upper endswith lugs, a spring engaging the lugs, and leaf turning arms secured tothe upper ends of the sleeves and disposed diametrically opposite thelugs, substantially as described.

3. In a music leaf turner, the combination of a spindle, aseries ofnested sleeves mounted on the spindle and provided with lugs, leafturning arms carried by the sleeves, and a spring provided with a seriesof fingers, each of which is arranged to engage one of said lugs,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. PASOHALL. Witnesses:

JOHN H. SIGGERS, E. G. SIGGERS.

